Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) in High Definition Panoramic View
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the sharpest and biggest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as Messier 31. The enormous image is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.
The panorama is the product of the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) program. Images were obtained from viewing the galaxy in near-ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths, using the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard Hubble.
This image is too large to be easily displayed at full resolution and is best appreciated using the zoom tool http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/...
Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, A. Mellinger, Digitized Sky Survey ((DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, and UKSTU/AAO), J. Dalcanton (University of Washington), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler
The panorama is the product of the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) program. Images were obtained from viewing the galaxy in near-ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths, using the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard Hubble.
This image is too large to be easily displayed at full resolution and is best appreciated using the zoom tool http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/...
Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, A. Mellinger, Digitized Sky Survey ((DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, and UKSTU/AAO), J. Dalcanton (University of Washington), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler
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